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Captain James Gascoigne commanded the warship that escorted the Frederica colonists across the Atlantic in 1736 and made this bluff his base and plantation. Decades later, live oak for the USS Constitution was felled nearby and shipped from here.
Captain Gascoigne is a historical marker in St. Simons Island, Glynn County. It is one of 121 historical markers documented in Glynn County, among 181 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 31.1658, -81.4099 near St. Simons Island. The nearest cataloged historic site is Gascoigne Bluff (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Hamilton Plantation, Gascoigne Bluff, and Cassina Garden Club Houses.
This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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